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| A cross section of communities residing in the South of Vavuniya were chosen as the target audience by the District Secretariat and FORUT Sri Lanka to create a better understanding the role and impact Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco plays in preventing total development of an individual, family community and society at large. During December 2009, a series of programmes were held for the staff officers, village leaders at office level and Addampaskade school students. The awareness especially was directed at communities who were displaced for over 20 years and currently resettled in their original villages in Aruwanthalawa, Palayaoruwa, Rangathgama and Rack 07. These people are highly likely to be trapped in the vicious cycle, in turning out to be mini scale manufacturers and also retailers. In comparison to the meagre earnings from doing casual labour work, the income that could be generated by carrying out the production and sale of illicit liquor is remarkably high. This is one of the primary reasons many of the people (especially the displaced) set up mini producing enterprises and re-sell the illicit liquor in the village and contribute towards the rising alcohol related violence in the community. The awareness raised collectively by the District Secretariat and FORUT aims to guide these villagers in showing how continuous consumption traps them into an infinite cycle of poverty preventing them for achieving overall development not only economically but also socially. The guidance also focuses on the ‘guilt’ factor within them, for fuelling communal disharmony. |
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Mr. Saman Jayasuriya-Samurdhi Officer, competent in providing ADD awareness/training, was the resource person for these programmes. Interestingly Mr. Jayasuriya is also capable of presenting his expertise in accordance with FORUT’s approach towards Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco in the context of development.
FORUT’s ADD District Co-ordinator and volunteers also lent their expertise in presenting and facilitating these programmes. |
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